The design of protection circuitry for high-frequency ultrasound imaging systems |
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Authors: | Lockwood G R Hunt J W Foster F S |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Med. Biophys., Toronto Univ., Ont. |
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Abstract: | Transmission line lengths in the protection circuitry of a high-frequency (>20-MHz) ultrasound imaging system have an important effect on the frequency, amplitude, and bandwidth of the pulse-echo response of the system. A model that includes the transmission line lengths between the pulser, transducer, and receiver and the electromechanical properties of high-frequency transducers is used to illustrate the importance of correctly choosing these line lengths. An iterative optimization procedure for designing the protection circuitry for a broadband system is proposed. A theoretical and experimental analysis of the validity of this approach is reported for a 45-MHz PVDF transducer. |
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